The Ukraine crisis has been widely described as a humanitarian catastrophe. According to the
UN’s latest estimates, over 110,000 people have been internally displaced
in the conflict. Moscow has reported that 730,000 people have
fled across the border into Russia.

In Donetsk alone, more than 1,000 people have been left homeless due to the fighting, according to
the city administration. In Lugansk, another regional center,
250,000 people can’t leave the city and have been without
water, electricity, and communications for over a week.

The Russian humanitarian aid is set to arrive to the
Russian-Ukrainian border by the end of Wednesday. However, the
Ukrainian authorities repeatedly stated that they won’t allow the aid to pass – despite the Red
Cross and the OSCE observers watching over the mission.